Douglas MacArthur High School - Brahma Yearbook (San Antonio, TX)

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French Club competes in Houston Fifty-five French Club students were able to travel to Houston in April to attend and compete in the seventeenth annual French Sym- posium. Among other awards, Robin Geller won a first place in Prepared Speech and Steve Mader won first place in Civilization ll. Club members celebrated Christmas with a dinner called Reveillon. At the end of the year, they had a picnic to celebrate school's be- ing out. ,.e 'AM' Alter tinishing the day's work, students in French take time to play cards, speaking only French. In preparation tor the next year, officers were elected in May.

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LI li me-anna., Latin was a unique language to learn in that learning the language didn't include speaking it. Latin students work on reading comprehension. Latin Club: lront row: Becky Hastings, Jett Markham, Kim Lawler, Susan Dawson. back row: Paul Wheeless, Karen Crawford, Davine Smith, Rick Froelich. C e a m e n D la C e th i Latin student Jett Markham hams it up tor the camera In December, Latin Club hosted a Certamen Tourna- ment, where each school enters a panel of four students, who earn points for correctly answering questions about Latin. The club also competed at the forty-first annual TS- JCL state convention, where they brought home a third place trophy in Upper Division Sweepstakes. Early in the year, Latin Club sold candy to raise money, and obtained shirts with nicknames written in Latin on them.

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The children s antlclpatlon mounted as they and the club members wanted lo enter the zoo. SDHHISH wins third Spanish Club won third place sweepstakes in the contest they entered in San Antonio in March. As an annual pro- ject, the club sold roses at Christmas. In April, members accompanied children from the children's shelter to the zoo for the day. Ms. Rose Bennett, sponsor, and her mother go over a Spanish student's project.